Musings of a former UPSC aspirant.



My dear friends,

Lakhs of aspirants chase the dream to be an IAS but they find themselves lost somewhere in crowd. IAS exam is known for its notoriously vast syllabus, long term preparation, constant changes, and definitely the stress it builds.
The anxiety to get that competitive edge through coaching centres has muted the aspirants into blindly accepting coaching centres perception about the exam and the smothering of pedagogical imagination.

My purpose here is about simplifying success. Success here is not about trying to overcome the expectations of UPSC. That is not possible in real sense, but what is required to be done is analyzing the intensity of competition among the aspirants and then planning to get one step ahead from them. Well formulated strategy along with optimum time management are the two ladders for your dream goal.

Therefore, I had requested few of my friends who had scored exceptionally well in their optionals to give a write up, a platform to link the ideas of budding IAS aspirants with those who have already proven their worth by getting good ranks in the Civil Services Examination. All of them, despite their busy schedules, have kindly penned down their thoughts regarding their approach along with booklist and effective Strategy to the aspirants.
My request to those who are preparing for civil services is to exact strategy and approach to the exam which were the main reason behind success of those of us who had made it to top.

My sincere thanks to,
Gitanjali Brandon,IFS
Harshika Singh ,IAS
Surabhi Malik,IAS
Pawan Kadyan,IAS
Ajay Singh Tomer,IAS
Rajanvir Singh Kapur,IAS
Nitesh Patil,IAS
Rahul Singh,IPS
Ravi Ranjan Kumar,IPS
Shivam Teotia,DANICS
Rahul Aggarwal,DANICS
Shreyas Hosur, IRAS
Aparna Mudiam,ICLS
With respect to interface, if u have any genuine doubts, u can catch me at http://www.facebook.com/suhas.shivanna.9 .
My best wishes to all of u,

Regards,
Suhas Shivanna, IAS